Origins of 'Just a Bus Stop in Hounslow'?

[Beanutputter93]

I heard a rumor some time ago that it originated from some QPR fans, but I wondered if anyone had a definitive answer?

 

[wanderer paul]

It orginated from when Edward VII drove through Brentford in 1903 and commented on the number of bus stops. He said, "is this Hounslow?"

 

[Andrelux]

There was a claim they'd been beaten by a service station on the M6*. Which predated which?

* Vauxhall Motors.

 

[Pixelator]

I believe it's based on a Latin phrase of frustration, used several times by the Romans as they tried to Ford the Thames at Brenteforde.

 

[Ealing Bee]

I believe it's based on a Latin phrase of frustration, used several times by the Romans as they tried to Ford the Thames at Brenteforde.

Was that when the local 'Iseenu' tribe caused a bit of a bust-up?

 

[ruislip bee]

Was that when the local 'Iseenu' tribe caused a bit of a bust-up?

The locals known as the Old Brickies tried to defend the crossing but were no match for the trained Roman's in anything other than drinking games.

 

[Pixelator]

I think you're getting confused with "boat to Charlton" which is a corruption of Boadicea.

 

[wanderer paul]

I believe it's based on a Latin phrase of frustration, used several times by the Romans as they tried to Ford the Thames at Brenteforde.

That’s trumped me!! ?

 

[Holysmit]

Originally Sunday was not meant to be a day of rest. However God could not find transport through Hounslow.

So after a day of thinking he created the first ever bus and bus stop in Hounslow

 

[Leicester Bee]

I heard a rumor some time ago that it originated from some QPR fans, but I wondered if anyone had a definitive answer?

I could be completely wrong, but I thought it originated from QPR fans singing it to us when we were beaten 3-2 a few years ago.

 

[TW3Bee]

I could be completely wrong, but I thought it originated from QPR fans singing it to us when we were beaten 3-2 a few years ago.

That's what I have always thought.
Makes it even more delightful when we sing it to them.

 

[GP200]

.............a certain Robert Elms kept mentioning his upcoming fixtures with us in this manor..............

 

[ruislip bee]

.............a certain Robert Elms kept mentioning his upcoming fixtures with us in this manor..............

He quite likes us. He even read out a come on you Bees request from me before the Chelsea home game.

 

[Vid]

Way before the Romans we were invaded by a now extinct African tribe. Bill Ben saw them and asked “Who are you lot?” They replied “We’re the Fukarwee” So he told them.

 

[coconino]

My mate Dan is kit-man for Mousehole AFC, and he tells me that their fans are now singing “we’re just a bus stop in Penzance”, which began when Tavistock sang it at them recently. Are any other clubs nicking it too?

 

[GuyBee]

I could be completely wrong, but I thought it originated from QPR fans singing it to us when we were beaten 3-2 a few years ago.

I thought it was a game we won...they sang it when it was 0 0 and then we repeated it when we went ahead?

Problem is there have been so many victories over them, on and off the field, since Djuricin Night (?) there have been so many it is hard to remember which game it was

 

[rebus]

I thought it was a game we won...they sang it when it was 0 0 and then we repeated it when we went ahead?

Problem is there have been so many victories over them, on and off the field, since Djuricin Night (?) there have been so many it is hard to remember which game it was

I thought it was the 3-0 spanking we got in 2016 there. Could well be wrong.

 

[Untouchable]

Will we have to become ‘Just An EV Charging Station In Twickenham’ ?

 

[Wouldbee]

I recall us chanting 'you're just a carpark in Gatwick' at Crawley back in League two at GP.

 

[hobbsy]

I recall us chanting 'you're just a carpark in Gatwick' at Crawley back in League two at GP.

Funnily enough I sang that on Sunday when I went past on my way to see my Mum in Chichester

 

[Nearly Gold]

I thought it was the 3-0 spanking we got in 2016 there. Could well be wrong.

I'm certain it was the 3-2 loss at theirs in 2018. Then in the reverse fixture we stuffed them 3-0 and it morphed into "you're getting f*cked by a bus stop". I think it properly took off after that.

 

[TW3Bee]

I recall us chanting 'you're just a carpark in Gatwick' at Crawley back in League two at GP.

Didn't we sing "You're just a bus stop in Fulham" at Chelsea during the 2-2 FA Cup game at GP?

 

[TW3Bee]

Also think Littlehampton sing "we're just a bus stop in Brighton."

 

[Voice from the Braemar]

I'm certain it was the 3-2 loss at theirs in 2018. Then in the reverse fixture we stuffed them 3-0 and it morphed into "you're getting f*cked by a bus stop". I think it properly took off after that.

It was defo the 3-2 game…I was right next to em ?

 

[Milton Keynes Bee]

It was defo the 3-2 game…I was right next to em ?

3 - 2 game definitely

 

[Isleworth_Bee]

The 3-2 game, and then didnt we completely own it for the 2-0 win when Sawyers scored that belter?

 

[CTBee]

It was defo the 3-2 game…I was right next to em ?

So was I, they were going nuts in that corner.

 

[MinkyBee]

I recall we sang ‘2-0 to the bus stop boys’ in the game following that unfortunate defeat.

 

[CTBee]

I recall we sang ‘2-0 to the bus stop boys’ in the game following that unfortunate defeat.

When we beat them 3-1 at home in the following season we sang "You're getting f***ed by a bus stop"

 

[Migbe]

That’s trumped me!! ?

lets avoid the word Trump in this august forum please

 

[Beezy]

“We’re just rattling around our massive stadium in South East Whitton/ Isleworth borders, South East Whitton / Isleworth booooooorders”.

 

[Griffingreen]

Just seen a clip where Southampton fans are singing "You're just a Bus Stop in West Ham" to Millwall supporters

 

[Isleworth_Bee]

A song that now needs to be consigned to history.

 

[TW3Bee]

Some of these alternative versions, sung by other clubs, belong in the Thread Signs we are a big club.

 

[Jay Bee]

A song that now needs to be consigned to history.

Seems like a strange thing to have an agenda about

 

[guilly]

Definitely miss this chant, don't understand why some people want it binned and forbidden.

 

[TW3Bee]

Definitely miss this chant, don't understand why some people want it binned and forbidden.

It made an appearance at home to Tottenham.

 

[N5022N122]

Whilst I enjoyed it when we got promoted and the first couple of years but now it's not the image of how we should feel about our club. Small, family orientated fearless but not this way of describing our club now.

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Whilst I enjoyed it when we got promoted and the first couple of years but now it's not the image of how we should feel about our club. Small, family orientated fearless but not this way of describing our club now.

The management strongly agree. It was having a negative effect when trying to sign players I think.

 

[Jay Bee]

OK it's come up in a few other threads.... there was some discussion about it in the QPR thread a while ago and others have felt strongly about it too. Somebody felt it "belonged" to the Brentford v QPR rivalry and didn't need to be sung everywhere in the PL, some thought TF using the line in interviews was cringeworthy, some just thought it sounds a bit small time and it might even put marquee players off signing for us!

I think it's OK as an underdog song and especially to rub it in when we are beating one of the big boys... but I don't miss it especially either. We're not going to stop being seen as a small club by most people either way.

 

[guilly]

It made an appearance at home to Tottenham.

I missed it then, certainly was a great example of when to use it!

 

[jlove]

We're a top Premier League club in West London sounds much better. (Although some other clubs may be able to make this claim.)

 

[hobbsy]

I missed it then, certainly was a great example of when to use it!

I don't think so anymore, it's like singing 'how sh*t must you be, we're winning at home'

 

[Les Beeavinu]

We're a top Premier League club in West London sounds much better. (Although some other clubs may be able to make this claim.)

Those other clubs can sing it again next time they finished above us then.

 

[fencer/bee]

We're a top Premier League club in West London sounds much better. (Although some other clubs may be able to make this claim.)

Well we were TOP west London prem club last season

 

[Untouchable]

A song that now needs to be consigned to history.

Agreed.

It very much had its place when we were promoted and for the first few seasons thereafter. We were seen as one hit wonders soon expected to take our place back in the third division.

Time has moved on and we’re rightly talking about European football being possible. Being a bus stop in Hounslow no longer matches our status or ambition.

 

[guilly]

I think it's OK as an underdog song and especially to rub it in when we are beating one of the big boys... but I don't miss it especially either. We're not going to stop being seen as a small club either way.

Singing it or not, won't change the fact it's still a club that will be seen as small ground/fan base. To be fair, there is some data that supports that, and I'd still rather that label than the aristocratic deluded/entitled/posh other clubs think they deserve.

It's marketing in the end I guess, but find it hard to believe players will be rejecting moves because of it (and those would probably fail other criterias and policies, like the "no DH" ones)

 

[Jay Bee]

I don't think so anymore, it's like singing 'how sh*t must you be, we're winning at home'

The club obviously didn't think so when TF was using it in interviews or when they were printing in on merchandise to sell.

I can accept that perceptions change, after all we gave up singing "we're the Barcelona of the lower leagues".... the fun aspect of it is still valid in some of our minds though.

 

[Guildford Bee]

It was a thing for far too long and I'm gladly we've finally *almost* binned it off

 

[Guildford Bee]

The club obviously didn't think so when TF was using it in interviews or when they were printing in on merchandise to sell.

I can accept that perceptions change, after all we gave up singing "we're the Barcelona of the lower leagues".... the fun aspect of it is still valid in some of our minds though.

I used to cringe when I heard TF refer to it in interviews when we were an established PL club.